Product Description

This automatic long point pencil container sharpeners made from polystyrene. It comes in container shape. The blades are made of high-carbon steel, therefore long-lasting and very sharp. Dynamic torsion action built into each blade makes for a smoother, cleaner cut. Compact and portable, suitable for school, home or office use.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113 in Art and Craft Supply
• Brand: Kum
• Model: 105.30.21
• Dimensions: 1.20" h x 1.40" w x 2.80" l,

Features

• Makes long pencil point in 2 steps, Extra-long extra-smooth tip, Automatic brake prevents oversharpening, Red Plastic Casing
• Includes two spare blades and Two lead pointers for 2mm and 3.2mm lead holders, Flexible blades use Dynamic Torsion Action to reduce pencil tip breakage
• Sharpens the wood casing first, then the pencil lead, in two separate precision profile holes
• EAN 4064900010770
• Ship Weight 0.13 lb, Ship Dimensions 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.25 in

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

60 of 61 people found the following review helpful.
Works like a charm
By A. Bush
UPDATE: 1-26-2012
I have been using this pencil sharpener faithfully since my original review, to the extent that 2 things happened. First, the blades (including the spare set) finally dulled, and I discovered that buying a pack of blades is a rather difficult task. Not wanting to leave the comfort of my apartment to venture to a physical art store, I searched online a bit and finally just bought another one of these sharpeners, largely because of the second thing: the lid broke off. The "hinge" for the clear plastic lid is just thin flexible plastic, but after opening and closing it enough times to dump the shavings, it broke off. This is hardly a design flaw as a metal hinge would be ridiculous and the sharpener worked well for a VERY long time. It is just worth noting.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:

I do a lot of pencil drawing with regular #2 pencils and I demand a very sharp point for thin, precise lines. Electric sharpeners can be good, but find ing the right one is giant pain as many tend to do more harm than good. I have one that I use on brand new pencils, but for actually creating the desired sharp tip, or restoring the tip after a brief bit of drawing, a hand sharpener is best. I have tried many of these as well, mostly cheap items from the back-to-school bin, and they really don't work. Some shatter the pencil while others leave the tip dull and rounded, completely invalidating their purpose.

The Kum long point sharpener is not cheap rubbish. Its price, while relatively low, may seem steep for a simple hand pencil sharpener, but it's worth the extra bucks. The sharpener includes two blades. One is used to get the pencil "ready" for the second blade; it's a sort of preliminary "prep" blade. If you only used the first one, you would be pretty disappointed with the results. But, use the second blade afterward, and the pencil takes on a perfect, extremely sharp tip. The sharpener includes a sma ll compartment for the pencil shavings, so that you don't have to hold it over the trash while using it.

I'm very pleased with the Kum long point sharpener, and I would recommend it to any artist who is fed up with other, ineffective sharpening tools.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Who would have thought?
By Dennis E. Henley
Who would have thought I'd be writing a review of a pencil sharpener. But, when the electrical pencil sharpeners at work were chewing up my pencils, I thought I'd try an old fashioned one to see if the pencils fared better.

The KUM Long Point Pencil Sharpener is not an old fashioned device. First, there are two sharpening stations. The sharpener labeled #1 takes off much of the wood around the lead and gives the pencil end a nice conical shape. Sharpener #2 then refines the cone and adds a super sharp point to the lead.

It works like a charm and I have not ruined any more pencils by using an inferior sharpener.

The price may seem high, but the sharpener really does its work well.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Best handheld sharpener
By P. Ferdinand
Many of us when first learning how to draw were taught to sharpen our pencils using a utility knife in order to get a nice point and a long exposed length of graphite. If you're like me, many of your precious pencils got very short very quickly while attempting this. :( The Kum sharpener is perfect for this. It allows you to get about half an inch of exposed graphite painlessly. It has replaceable blades that can be hard to find. I found mine on pencils(dot)com. Also note that each sharpener comes with one set of replacement blades. I must say, however, that Amazon's price is about 2x or even 3x too expensive. You can find this sharpener for 1/3 the price at Blick (comes out to about 1/2 the price once you add on S/H). I own three of these: one for my desk, one for my bag, and one just in case. I've only used them on graphite and charcoal pencils. I'm not sure how they do with colored pencils, but I'd be hesitant to stick my Prismacolors in it since the color core is softer than graphite and might be more prone to break if that much were exposed at once.